Ordinary Zen Sangha - Dharma Talks

Episode 316: A Wind Knot Tangle 09.07.2026 16:50 ↓

What causes the tangled messes we find ourselves in? How do you untangle the mess?

Episode 315: Practice Is Never Ending 29.06.2026 7:43 ↓

 What keeps us coming back to our practice? Experienced practitioners respond to the question in this podcast. 

Episode 314: Fathers Day - letting go of deluded views 22.06.2026 13:31 ↓

What is your original face before your father was born?

Episode 313: The Fish Are Happy 11.06.2026 11:11 ↓

Silence on a retreat and Kongans, what do they have in common?

Episode 312: Only Go Strait and Never Give UP 07.06.2026 5:46 ↓

The immeasurable and the relative.

Episode 311: Getting To Know Self 03.06.2026 8:42 ↓

Our practice is getting to know ourselves, which is forgetting the self, and being actualized by all dharmas.

Episode 310: Where is the OX? 28.05.2026 20:02 ↓

Here, our essential self is compared to an ox. We seek the ox, grasp it, tame it, and finally the self which has always been seeking becomes completely one with the ox. But this is also forgotten, so that we now simply carry on our ordinary lives.

Episode 309: The Eagle And The Mouse 10.05.2026 9:21 ↓

We all have mothers; motherhood and Buddhahood are not different, yet not not different.

Episode 308: The Three Treasures, where are they? 04.05.2026 6:51 ↓

The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha are the three treasures. How to take refuge.

Episode 307: Nurturing the Buddha Seed Within 28.04.2026 7:26 ↓

How is our practice center different from a Buddhist Temple?

Episode 306: Clean Your Ears – The WAY Is Then Heard 20.04.2026 9:15 ↓

 Communication, it's not what you think! Do you really know your mind? 

Episode 305: Diversity 05.04.2026 8:17 ↓

What is the thread that weaves through all of existence?

Episode 304: A Calm Mind 02.04.2026 3:56 ↓

 The secret to living the eight-fold path and ending suffering. 

Episode 303: Only Go Straight 15.03.2026 12:58 ↓

Why are there Buddhist Precepts?

Episode 302: The Seeking Mind and Uncertainty 14.03.2026 14:15 ↓

Seeking leads to the rabbit hole of misinformation.

Episode 301: Habit Energy and Bearing Witness 09.03.2026 11:01 ↓

Why do we act like everything remains the same even as everything is always changing?

Episode 300: Ten Square Miles Surrounded By Reality 02.03.2026 7:41 ↓

The relative and the absolute, are they different or the same? Where are you now?

Episode 299: Wisdom Through The Ages 23.02.2026 14:13 ↓

Being authentic, genuine, and reflecting true wisdom.

Episode 298: Surrendering to Original Nature 19.02.2026 10:00 ↓

 Bearing witness instead of turning your back on life. 

Episode 297: Lost in the Weeds, Where is your Zen Compass 16.02.2026 10:59 ↓

Dropping off body, mind.

Episode 296: Awakening, what is it? 10.02.2026 3:14 ↓

Smile as the mockingbird sings.

Episode 295: Alles ist gut 05.02.2026 3:38 ↓

When all distinctions drop away, “alles ist gut”

Episode 294: Dancing in Emptiness, Community Action 29.01.2026 9:25 ↓

Empathy and compassion in everyday life. 

Episode 293: Where Are You Right Now? 22.01.2026 9:28 ↓

The Ordinary Zen Sangha discusses our Zen practice. Is zazen the whole experience?

Episode 292: The Action of No Action, True Zen 15.01.2026 12:28 ↓

Non-violent resistance, what is it?